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Buddha
Quotes from Buddha.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
- Buddha
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
- Buddha
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
- Buddha
The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.
- Buddha
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
- Buddha
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
- Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
- Buddha
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
- Buddha
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
- Buddha
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
- Buddha